CS Chirchir: Oil marketers yet to be paid Sh42 billion for fuel subsidy

When long queues were witnessed in in petrol stations as the biting fuel shortage cut across the country. [File, Standard]

The government is yet to pay oil marketers Sh42 billion for the scrapped fuel subsidy programme.

While appearing before the National Assembly plenary in Nairobi on Wednesday, Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir said the funds were yet to be disbursed to the respective oil marketers who are now facing cash crunch.